The week in pictures

From presidential campaigning in Venezuela to protests near Ramallah, Al Jazeera showcases the week in images.

07 Apr 2013 14:23 GMT

A man paints the slogan "Hang the Anti-Islam" on the street before attending a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The march, called by hardline group Hefajat-e-Islam, was to demand action against "atheists and blasphemous bloggers" who they say are defaming Islam.

Al Jazeera

An armed South Korean soldier mans a barricaded border defence line, with the Imjin River in North Korea in the background. Relations with Pyongyang have deteriorated in recent weeks, and North Korea has issued threats of nuclear attacks against South Korea and the US.

EPA

Indian rescue workers use a stretcher to carry a woman who was rescued a day after the collapse of a residential building in the outskirts of Mumbai. Dozens of people were killed after an illegal, half-constructed building collapsed on the outskirts of India(***)s financial centre.

REUTERS

A Saudi woman drives an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) near Riyadh. Saudi Arabia\(***)s religious police lifted a ban on women riding bicycles and motorbikes this week, but only in recreational areas, while dressed in full Islamic veil, and accompanied by a male relative.

AFP/Getty Images

A vendor waits for customers near chicken cages in central China\(***)s Anhui province. A new strain of bird flu, H7N9, has caused the death of at least six people out of 18 confirmed cases, prompting Shanghai to cull 20,000 live birds over the weekend. The virus is not believed to be transmissible between humans.

AP

A man walks in front of a transparent window bearing the image of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa. The 94-year-old has been released from the hospital after more than a week of treatment for a recurring lung infection.

AFP/Getty Images

Acting President Nicolas Maduro holds up a small copy of Venezuela(***)s constitution and a small crucifix as he speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in San Carlos. The presidential election to replace the late President Hugo Chavez is scheduled for April 14.

AP

A Palestinian protester throws back tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes next to the Israeli military prison Ofer, near Ramallah. Palestinians demonstrated after the death of 63-year-old Israeli-held prisoner Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh, who died from terminal cancer in an Israeli hospital.

EPA

A man paints the slogan "Hang the Anti-Islam" on the street before attending a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The march, called by hardline group Hefajat-e-Islam, was to demand action against "atheists and blasphemous bloggers" who they say are defaming Islam.

Al Jazeera

An armed South Korean soldier mans a barricaded border defence line, with the Imjin River in North Korea in the background. Relations with Pyongyang have deteriorated in recent weeks, and North Korea has issued threats of nuclear attacks against South Korea and the US.

EPA

Indian rescue workers use a stretcher to carry a woman who was rescued a day after the collapse of a residential building in the outskirts of Mumbai. Dozens of people were killed after an illegal, half-constructed building collapsed on the outskirts of India(***)s financial centre.

REUTERS

A Saudi woman drives an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) near Riyadh. Saudi Arabia\(***)s religious police lifted a ban on women riding bicycles and motorbikes this week, but only in recreational areas, while dressed in full Islamic veil, and accompanied by a male relative.

AFP/Getty Images

A vendor waits for customers near chicken cages in central China\(***)s Anhui province. A new strain of bird flu, H7N9, has caused the death of at least six people out of 18 confirmed cases, prompting Shanghai to cull 20,000 live birds over the weekend. The virus is not believed to be transmissible between humans.

AP

A man walks in front of a transparent window bearing the image of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa. The 94-year-old has been released from the hospital after more than a week of treatment for a recurring lung infection.

AFP/Getty Images

Acting President Nicolas Maduro holds up a small copy of Venezuela(***)s constitution and a small crucifix as he speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in San Carlos. The presidential election to replace the late President Hugo Chavez is scheduled for April 14.

AP

A Palestinian protester throws back tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes next to the Israeli military prison Ofer, near Ramallah. Palestinians demonstrated after the death of 63-year-old Israeli-held prisoner Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh, who died from terminal cancer in an Israeli hospital.